2. How do Tension, Relevance, and Unrealism play into the popularity of horror films?
Horror films are films that utilize tension, relevance, and unrealism to activate the instinctual fear of the viewers. Tension is used to keep people on their toes, building up the story for a larger payoff/scare. Relevance includes universal, cultural, subgroup, and personal relevance: Basically, who is the film targeting? Unrealism is fabricated reality, which allows us to separate fiction from reality to keep us watching horror films. If we perceive something as too realistic, we often try to avoid it. Knowing that films are staged, it reassures us.
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